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| joshkaasik Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4337 days ago 61 posts - 66 votes  Speaks: English*, Estonian* Studies: Spanish, German | Message 25 of 31 31 October 2012 at 5:00pm | IP Logged | ||
Happily! I'll go have a look in a minute. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| joshkaasik Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4337 days ago 61 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English*, Estonian* Studies: Spanish, German | Message 26 of 31 31 October 2012 at 5:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Just finished my Assimil for the day. Lesson 22 to L1 and 18 to L2. Going through the various past tenses and it's
quite helpful. Happy to see myself being able to differentiate consistently between the preterite and imperfect. Now I'm just struggling a bit for lack of vocabulary.. Anki to the rescue. Also, random, but I'm switching from iPhone to Android and I'm very excited about it, cause now I'll get a great anki app on my phone without having to pay the crazy price iphone charges for it. Anki really is a brilliant thing. Best update of the week is that I'll be spending around a month in Ecuador this winter, so I'll have plenty of opportunity to practice Spanish. Looking forward to it! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| joshkaasik Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4337 days ago 61 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English*, Estonian* Studies: Spanish, German | Message 27 of 31 04 November 2012 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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Lesson 23 to L1 and 19 to L2 = done. I'm making more and more mistakes, but I suppose that's pretty much
expected considering the fact that sentences are significantly more difficult now than they were before. The first two weeks or so everything was so easy that making a mistake would just be irritating, but now every time I make one, I feel like it's almost because I underestimate my ability to construct phrases. Upon seeing the correct answer my reaction is usually, "oh.. I knew that.. " The newer lessons are going into a lot of reflexive verbs, which is fascinating, since I feel like I'm finally getting a handle on those (however much I still have to learn!). Getting very excited about my upcoming trip to Ecuador and having a chance to practice Spanish for a month straight! Just 2 days ago I spent a 25 minute car ride speaking in only Spanish.. it was a pleasant realization of just how far I've cone.. (and theeen Assimil slaps me in the face and makes me realize how far I have yet to go. Or worse yet.. I hear two natives talking about something where I recognize nothing. Oh well, getting slightly better every day! ) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| joshkaasik Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4337 days ago 61 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English*, Estonian* Studies: Spanish, German | Message 28 of 31 09 November 2012 at 12:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Wow. Anki works wonders... I can't believe how much you can memorize with this thing. I'm
not actually sure how much has to do with spaced repetition and how much has to do with the sheer convenience of using flash cards on your computer/phone in such a convenient way. I have a growing Assimil Spanish deck going that is working wonders. Wish I had started Assimil a bit earlier, cause I'd really like to be going through Platiquemos on my Ecuador trip. If anyone here has any experience starting Platiquemos after having done a couple other programs... were you able to skip a few lessons at the beginning or was it all pretty difficult right from the start? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| joshkaasik Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4337 days ago 61 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English*, Estonian* Studies: Spanish, German | Message 29 of 31 12 November 2012 at 4:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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So.. as it turns out.. Spanish is beautiful! Finding a lot of new music in Spanish that I like.. renewing my appreciation
for the language! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| joshkaasik Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States Joined 4337 days ago 61 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English*, Estonian* Studies: Spanish, German | Message 30 of 31 09 December 2012 at 4:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Haven't had a moment to post here for a while, but now I'll be starting a TAC 2013 log for next year, so
I'll be moving most of my activity there. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rout Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5537 days ago 326 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish Studies: Hindi | Message 31 of 31 10 December 2012 at 4:29pm | IP Logged | ||
I can't speak for Platiquemos but I have used FSI Spanish Basic which is what Platiquemos is based on. I have to say that even after you finish Assimil, you will probably still find plenty of uncharted territory in either program. That is, you might be familiar with much of it, but being expected to know it and then drilled on it is something different. Also, the dialogs in FSI Basic Course are delivered at naturally spoken speed and with "natural" grammar. That is, unlike most other programs, you'll see things like the subjunctive from the beginning lessons with a note that says "this will be drilled later in chapter 14" and things like that. No dialogs simplified so much in the beginning to the point where they sound unnatural; they don't "avoid" certain grammatical constructions. You may find this thread useful if you're not already familiar with it. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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